"Isn’t it though? Stones containing the Spirit Mother usually possess a faint spiritual glow. But his stone doesn’t even seem to qualify as an earth-grade Spirit Stone, so how could it possibly contain the Spirit Mother?"

"It’s not necessarily so. The nature of the stone itself is uncertain. Perhaps it actually contains a high-grade Spirit Stone? Then, wouldn’t there be a chance?"

People around were buzzing with discussion, yet all were simply there for the spectacle.

"Can we start now?"

The stone-cutting master asked the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man nodded his head, giving his direct consent!

Crack, a cut came down, directly splitting it in two!

"Wow, is this really how to cut a stone? Who would cut a stone this way? You know, the Spirit Mother tends to move within the Spirit Stone, but generally, it prefers staying in the center of the stone. This guy just split it straight through, could it be that he never considered that the stone could contain the Spirit Mother?"

Indeed, the stone-cutting master truly didn’t think that this Spiritual Sense could produce a Spirit Mother!

If this kind of quality of Spiritual Sense could yield a Spirit Mother, then isn’t acquiring a Spirit Mother too simple!

Thus, when he was cutting this stone, he truly had no pressure, even feeling that this middle-aged man was simply here to give him money!

Crack!

Another cut, still a straightforward split!

After two cuts, anyone could see what the stone-cutting master meant.

This stone-cutting master’s two straight splits had clearly told the middle-aged man that this stone did not contain a Spirit Mother!

Perspiration dripped from the middle-aged man’s forehead, not from heat, but from fright!

You should know, when he initially chose this stone, he was extremely cautious. The stone was considerably large, thus, its selling price was also much higher. This was a stone the middle-aged man had bought at a great cost, and now, with the stone-cutting master so explicitly telling him that there was no possible way it contained a Spirit Mother, the middle-aged man still refused to believe it!

"Continue, continue!"

The middle-aged man urged the stone-cutting master, his eyes filled with fervor. He couldn’t believe, wouldn’t believe that this stone he favored so much truly had nothing!

You should know, the identity of this middle-aged man is not simple either. Just like the Nalan Family, this middle-aged man’s family made a living from the stone business, possessing an extensive understanding of stones!

Because his family followed the path of professional stone gambling!

Hearing the middle-aged man’s urging, the stone-cutting master helplessly shook his head and carelessly made several cuts, deciding not to split it outright again! 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

But continuous splitting showed not even a speck of anomaly, the implication was clearer than ever!

Only Ye Luo was stunned.

What was with the golden light inside that Spirit Stone, was it really a Spirit Mother?

You should know, Ye Luo witnessed with his own eyes, the golden glow was actively dodging the attacks!

Even later on, as the stones became smaller and smaller, the golden light even learned to create incarnations to dodge around!

At this moment, the initial cluster of golden light had already split into three parts, hiding within three places of strength!

This scene was truly too magical. Could it be that the Spirit Mother possessed wisdom?

No, it’s impossible. Although the Spirit Mother has many uses, it is after all just a concentration of spiritual power from nature. How could it possibly have its own consciousness?

Ye Luo furrowed his brow slightly but asked Nalan Chen, "Steward Chen, do you think the Spirit Mother could possess its own wisdom?"

Upon hearing Ye Luo’s question, Nalan Chen laughed. Ye Luo usually seemed very intelligent, so why would he ask such a foolish question?

"Haha, lad, where did you hear this? The Spirit Mother can move within the Spirit Stone because of its own strength, but having wisdom? How could that be possible? Well, unless it’s the legendary Spirit Mother Elf, then it might be possible!"

"Spirit Mother Elf, what is that?"

Ye Luo immediately asked. Could it be that the golden light was indeed a Spirit Mother Elf!

"Oh, the Spirit Mother Elf is a kind of sub-creature, similar to the Demon Clan and such. However, these creatures are very hateful because Spirit Mother Elves feed on Spirit Mothers. You could say, if a Spirit Vein is found to have a Spirit Mother Elf, it would be downright bad luck. The Spirit Mother Elf would devour all the Spirit Mothers within the vein without you even realizing where it’s hiding, extremely detestable!"

What, there are such creatures that feed on Spirit Mothers?

Ye Luo was slightly stunned, but he heard Nalan Chen continue to speak.

"You don’t need to think about the Spirit Mother Elf anymore. This creature is extremely rare, almost a creature of legend. It’s not that easy to encounter them, and if a Spirit Mother Elf is foolish enough to be trapped in a Spirit Stone and used for gambling, that would be a joke."

"Let me tell you the truth, to capture a Spirit Mother Elf, it generally occurs because suddenly the Spirit Vein runs dry, arousing people’s attention, followed by calling numerous manpower to uproot the entire Spirit Vein, carefully peeling off the Spirit Stone, and only then is there a tiny chance of catching a Spirit Mother Elf!"

To capture a Spirit Mother Elf at the cost of uprooting an entire Spirit Vein mine, it seems that the Spirit Mother Elf is not simple at all.

However, Ye Luo did not continue to ask anything because by this time, the middle-aged man had given up hope and had called a stop to stone gambling.

Looking at the scattered Spirit Stones on the ground, Ye Luo walked forward.

These fragments are usually just discarded aside, then they wait for some private individuals who want to build houses to buy these materials, and most of the time they don’t even sell because, after all, Spirit Stones cut so small are practically useless.

"Hello, can you sell these fragments to me?"

Ye Luo directly asked the middle-aged man.

At this time, the middle-aged man was already in a very low mood, and with the discussions of the people around him, he felt even more ashamed, so how could he pay attention to Ye Luo? Instead, he directly said to Ye Luo: "You want them? Just take them, buying? Are you trying to humiliate me?"

Ye Luo hadn’t expected this middle-aged man to have such a big resentment, but of course, since the middle-aged man had spoken, he wouldn’t be polite and simply picked up all the quickly shimmering Spirit Stones he could while walking.

"Is this guy out of his mind? What does he want to do?"

"Probably another poor guy looking for a bargain, you often see some of these people in Stone Garden. They don’t have the money to buy Spirit Stones, yet they think about getting rich, specifically picking up discarded material to see if they can make a fortune!"

"Haha, are these people fools? Everyone else has already confirmed it’s waste material, yet he still expects to strike it rich?"

"Exactly, but generally, these people are all ordinary folks. After all, for ordinary people, even discarded Spirit Stones can absorb spiritual power, so whether they use the Spirit Stones for stone gambling or just to absorb the sparse spiritual energy within, it’s still useful for them."